New Titanic 3D images show Captain Smith’s bathtub

New and amazing pictures of the Titanic, built in Belfast and sailing from Cork to New York when it foundered, have been revealed in a court case in Virginia.

The case is about the salvage rights to the ship’s content. The Titanic sunk off Newfoundland on April 14, 1912.

Among the artifacts are a never-before-seen intact porcelain bathtub in the cabin of Titanic captain Edward Smith. The tub was serviced by either freshwater or seawater taps, hot or cold depending on the captain's preference.

Smith went down with the ship and has been widely blamed for the sinking, as he had set the engines to maximum despite warnings that icebergs were in the area. He was one of an estimated 1,500 people who lost their lives in the tragedy, including hundreds of Irish in steerage. Many Irish gathered in the dining room to pray as the ship went under.

Those present in the courtroom in Norfolk were given 3D glasses to view the most spectacular images ever seen of the ghostly ship.